Call for Proposals: Voices for Climate Action Program
The overall approach of the program is to work with civil society to build widespread societal support for locally shaped climate solutions through an inclusive and rights-based approach. This includes building a broad-based climate alliance at country level, bridging divides (urban-rural, gender, youth) that amplifies voices in new unusual ways. In addition, it will influence national and global policies and financial flows (e.g. climate finance, private sector investments) in support of these locally shaped solutions.
The programs main strategic interventions are centered around the following three pillars
- Mutual capacity strengthening for co-creating alternative scaled climate solutions
- Agenda setting and movement in climate action through amplified storytelling
- Joint lobbying and advocacy to make policy and financial flows responsible to locally shaped climate solutions
This program is being implemented in Kenya by consortium members AMwA, Hivos, SDI, SSN and WWF.
Organizational Eligibility
Akina Mama wa Afrika seeks applications from organizations, collectives or coalitions registered and based in Kenya. These can be grassroots-based organizations or national based organizations or umbrella bodies. The organization and its members should have extensive work experience and networks within groups that seek to advance just climate action and feminist intersectional approaches. It should seek to creatively lobby and advocate for the participation of local civil society and underrepresented groups in key decision-making processes, in policy formulation and in the fight for climate justice. We invite these groups to submit proposals that leverage on inclusive and rights-based approaches as well as on intersectional feminist approaches. In this regard, we encourage proposals that seek to engage the following minorities groups:
- People with disabilities
- Youth
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transsexual and Intersex People
- Women facing exploitation, abuse, and/or violence
- The elderly/senior citizens and young people
- Indigenous people and ethnic minorities
We have a strong preference for projects that are designed from an intersectional point of view. This means projects should aim to work with more than one of the above groups to address overlapping vulnerabilities and/or forms of discrimination.
Organizations that are not eligible
- Organizations with an annual turnover above EUR 400,000.
- Funding of commercial services, investment or other commercial activities.
- Projects led by current strategic partners of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation are not eligible for this call.
This grant will last for an initial period of approximately a year and a half from July 2021 to December 2022. Budget: EUR 50, 000.
Application procedure
If you believe that your organization and idea are a good fit for this Call, please submit your application in English to amwa@akinamamawaafrika.org.
For full details: https://www.akinamamawaafrika.org/voices-for-climate-action-programme-kenya-call-for-proposals-2021/
